PinnedMy Chapbook “The Event Horizon” Now Available!!“Halle Preneta’s portraits fuse the person that was with the person that we see them as, into something that blends fiction and reality, love shaping both us and them into someone new. …Poem1 min read
23 hours agoWhen I Ask You “What Do You Need?”I cannot make any promises. But I can make this and hope it will be good enough.Poem1 min readWhen I Ask You “What Do You Need?”I cannot make any promises.But I can make thisand hope it will begood enough.
2 days agoThe Final Day (of College)A car teeters off the edge of a cliff waiting to fall into the jaws of the dark abyss below or rest its tires safely on the soft ground of the Earth. You think if you breathe, it’ll help but it doesn’t. It only sinks you deeper into the jaws…Poem1 min read
5 days agoThe Walk IIShe says “it’s good to know your body. Good to know your brain.” Tells you bits of longer stories, what she’s learned from her kids, from her life. You laugh as her dog cannot seem to pick a side of Middle Path to stay on, eventually running into your leg …Poem2 min read
6 days agoThe day my friend told me I was every single tree on campusI sat in the silence of the library, thoughts swirling through my head like water slides in summer, except instead of them being fun, they’re about how broken I feel. How I can’t write a fucking essay for my life even though this is college and I’m a writer. How…Poem2 min read
May 10When You Express Your Fear of Abandonment to Her,she replies back by saying: “Maybe meet someone else in the department, it’ll help ease your anxiety over the summer.” Your heart’s been playing leapfrog, jumping from caring about one person to the next. It’s tired. Its been playing for hours, starting to complain its feet hurt but the gym…Poem2 min read
May 9The Sermon Speaks on CommunityOn belonging in one space. Feeling apart of something like those who feel apart of God unlike you, who stands awkwardly, shuffling as people sing their praises and amens around you like mini choirs. Like movie musicals where everyone knows the song and dance except you so you find yourself…Poem2 min read
May 6The WalkA black and white dog shaped like a mop bops in front of you. His ears flop like butterfly wings as he bops around, his fur jangling like string in the wind. His eyes blue, piercing blue, more blue than the ocean, than the stripe in your pride flag, than…Poem2 min read
May 4The Moment I Realized I Wasn’t SpecialYou show me the tea pouch your friend made for you, similar to that of a passport cover except smaller, holding lemon ginger tea, small packets of sugar, and small popsicle sticks for stirrers. You show me this because I tell you I get nauseous when I eat. You tell…Poem3 min read
May 2The Talk With Your Professor After Her Choir ConcertA woman in the night. White formal shirt resting amongst black skin, a small scratch sits on her back as streetlamp light dust in her black curly hair that’s starting to grey at the edges. She’s taller than you but not by much, glasses framing her brown eyes, voice scratchy…Poem2 min read
